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The company has grown significantly since their launch in 2009, and are now the world's second largest daily fantasy sports company.

Last month FanDuel announced it was scrapping a proposed merger with US rival DraftKings after the deal was blocked by the US Federal Trade Commission, who viewed the deal as anti-competitive and would create a “near-monopoly” in the market for prize-led daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests.

FanDuel and Draftkings have been locked in a trading battle in the lucrative US market, each spending million of dollars in marketing and advertising in a bid to win share of entry fees.

The merger was seen by both companies as a way of consolidating to tackle crippling legal costs brought by individual US states and a players' class-action law suits consolidated last year into a master complaint spanning 18 US states, allege FanDuel and DraftKings violated “terms of use” agreements.

The class action suit also question the legality of the the respective FanDuel and DraftKings' sites and their ability to offer bonus money.

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FanDuel's accounts covering the 2015 year to December have been listed as overdue on the Companies House website since 30 June of this year.

The current accounting period was shortened in March from 30 June 2016 to 31 December 2015.

In most recent accounts covering the 18-months to 30 June 2015, FanDuel's auditors Deloitte warned an investigation launched by the US Attorney General, if expanded in geographical scope, along with ongoing litigation in a number of US states, including New York, Nevada and Texas, “cast significant doubt upon the group and the company's ability to continue as a going concern”.

The company booked pre-tax losses of £94.9 million for the 18 month period against a loss of £11 million for the 2013 financial year.

The increase in reported losses was put down to it having ramped up product development and marketing.

The Sunday Times reported in July, investors in FanDuel would be asked to put more money into the business, adding to around $350 million (£270 million) already provided to FanDuel since it was founded in 2009.

FanDuel's current office at Quartermile (Image: Brand8)

Between January and June 2017, FanDuel has posted 13 statements of capital with Companies House following an allotment of shares.

FanDuel chief executive and co-founder Nigel Eccles is understood to have now reduced his stake in the company to less than 10 per cent.

The company also shelved plans to move to a new 58,500 sq ft office at Quartermile 4 in April of this year, having signed a 15-year lease for the offices in 2015 in what was the largest single pre-let in the capital in a decade.

The Quartermile 4 offices were re-assigned to Cirrus Logis and Bank of Montreal.